Monday, September 3, 2012

44 Years Ago: My 'Baptism By Fire' at Chicago Democratic Convention

In 1968, in the armed camp that was Mayor Daley's Chicago, I would end up spending part of the time in the headquarters of Sen. Eugene McCarthy and his antiwar forces at the Hilton--and in the streets directly below during the now-infamous protests and "police riot." I did not get mashed, but some of the bloodied were taken to the McCarthy offices--or to the hospital. Violence also famously broke out in the convention hall. New photo essay today at that great NYT "Lens" blog. I write about my own experience here.

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G.M. is the author of more than a dozen books (click on covers above and below), the longtime editor of Editor & Publisher and until recently a daily writer for The Nation. Email: epic1934@aol.com. Twitter: @GregMitch